Rail anchor



July 26, 1932. MAR-r2 I 1,869,268

RAIL ANCHOR Filed May 18, 1931 Patented July 26, 1932 v p c r i V MIKEMARTZ, F maltreated;Humanism; ,f i I Application filed May 1s, 1931 a m;$38,296. I

My present invention has reference to a of the loop receives the outeredge 'of the rail anchor, my object being the provision base flange'ofthe rail therein and the upper ofa rail anchor that is constructed ofspring 'end or extremity of the loopj merges into steel, to include afiat'body having an oflset a rounded portion or -boss' -6 that'isprovided 5 angle notched end to receive therein one end with a threadedbore. Screwed't'hrough this of the base flange of a rail, its second endbore there is'the' s'hank; of abolt 7." Even being formed with aloopedor C-shaped por- "before the bolt is applied the upper arm tion thatreceivestherein the second edge of of the loop is in frictional contactwith-the the base flange of the rail and which looped base flange andwith the web; of the rail to 10 ti h screwed th u h it ter end a; forcethe notched portion 3 of the lug 2 into bolt that contacts with the railat the juncengagement with the second or inner edge of ture of the railwith the base flange and base fl g f the r t Wh n the b l the webthereofand is held against the web is screwed to contact with the wallat the by the spring action of the loop, such spring uncture' of thebase flange and web of the 15 pressure also forcing the notched end ofthe fall the op W111 be xp d and pread anchor into tight engagement withthe secupwardly and outwardly with respect to the 0nd edge of the baseflange, so that the anchor T5111 a d conseq ently Will draw upon the isautomatic in its action in holding itself body plate tOfOree the letterinto tight conup n th rail or r v ti g th il f tact with the under faceof the base'of the 20 creeping, and further wherein the construc- T2111nd lkewlse force the hooked end of the 7 tion of the rail anchor is suchas to render anchor lIltO g g p g e g gement With th sa lon liv d a d tit f th the edge of the base ange of-the rail'with replacement of otherbolts when the original Whleh g g s an th by efiectively and boltcarried thereby is worn, so that the anautomatlqally sustam the h r i pi n 2 chor is economical in construction, may be 011 the NHL By lf ffenee especlally to Fig easily manufactured and will automatically me1015 the w ng W 1} no e tha the perform its functions with ease and withp d Or looped portion 5 is of a less accuracy. 1 7 width than the body1, as is also the portion To the attainment of the foregoing the inofthe y formed Wlth the notched" 3U vention consists in the improvementherein- The e y P t I' e, 0 after described and definitely claimed. ofgreater reslllency h y Plame I th d i proper. The anchors are-applied onthe rail Fi 1 i a id l ti ith th 1 to contact with'the opposite or outerfaces provement in applied position, the rail being of the ties 4 1 8uponwhich h rails 35 i ti rest and are spiked. The anchorslprevent Fi 2i an d i th f the longitudinal creeping movement of the Figure 3 is asectional view approximately Talk, Should the bolts 7 become worn or onh li 3 3 f Fi 1 damaged new ones can be supplied to read- Figure 4 is aplan View showing the anchor y p W Worn 9 damagedibolts with -20 appliedon a rail d i t t ith th i out necessitating the discarding of theanchor 96 I for preventing the longitudinal movement or Whlch 13 true tP Q to'the Ority creeping f th iL a of such devices. The anchor maybeeconomi- The anchor is of spring metal and includes Cally Constructed 'fP e P Y marketecl and a rectangular body plate 1 having an angle h easeP l?P and eefliclency s end which provides a lug 2 which is notched, oiW111: 1t 15 h g be understood and as at 3, to receive the edge of thebase flange PP Q p of a rail 4 therein. The second end of the Havlngdescllbed the V U I I 01211114 body is formed with a loop that issubsta'n- A mil anchor gn t nt Wlth tially C-shaped and which isindicated by tie to holdthe'railfrom longitudinal creep- I the numeral5. The open portion or mouth ing, said anchor comprising a metal springmember which includes a substantially rec'- tangular body portion tounderlie and to contact with the base of a rail for a distance greaterthan one-half of the length of the base of said rail, said body platehaving both of its ends reduced in width andone of said ends beingformed with an upstanding lug which is notched to receive one edgeof theV, a

base flange of the rail therein, the second end of the plate beingsubstantially C-shaped and receiving therein the second edge'of' thebase flange of the rail, the outer and upper end of C-shaped portionbeing formed witha boss which is arranged at anangle with respect to.the body plate and which boss has a threaded .bore and a headedboltscrewed through said bore to contact with the rail 7 at the juncture ofthe'baseflange and Web n, thereof and said bolt also designed to expandY the upper arm of the C-shaped end ofthe plate to force the body plateinto tight gripv ping engagement with the under face of the rail. 7

In testimony whereof MIKE MARTIIZ.

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